not yet bloomed
| Angraecum equitans |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friederich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 34 : (2) : 339 1916 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| Genus | Argraecum Bory 1804 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | forests, on branches covered with moss and lichens, in Madagascar (Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, |
| Toamasina, Alaotra-Mangoro, Amoron'i, Antananarivo, Anjozorobe) | ||
| altitude | 946 - 1150 m (3260 - 3122 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ambositre (Amoron'i, Madagascar) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ambositre this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
